Awaiting Kirin (2020)
TV
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Awaiting Kirin (2020)
Plot.
After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.
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Cast & Crew.
Masahiro Motoki
Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the 'Viper of Mino']
Shota Sometani
Oda Nobunaga
Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Narrator
Hiroki Hasegawa
Akechi Mitsuhide
Haruna Kawaguchi
Oda Kicho [Nobunaga's legal wife]
Satoshi Tokushige
Fujita Dengo [Akechi family retainer]
Katsunori Takahashi
Oda Nobuhide [Nobunaga's father]
Masaaki Sakai
Toan Mochizuki
Sayuri Ishikawa
Akechi Maki [Mitsuhide's Mother]
Rei Dan
Dota Gozen [Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother]
Takashi Okamura
Kikumaru
Marie Machida
Bamboo [Prostitute]
Hidekazu Mashima
Fujitaka Hosokawa
Shotaro Mamiya
Akechi Samanosuke
Sei Ando
Miki
Yusuke Santamaria
Asakura Yoshikage [Asakura family head]
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 19, 2020
Original Name麒麟がくる
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes44
Running Time45m
Genres
Wiki.
Awaiting Kirin (麒麟がくる, Kirin ga Kuru) is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in 4K resolution, as well as the first taiga drama to be composed by a non-Japanese (John R. Graham).
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